This Memorial Day, the Blue Star Museums program opens again for the summer. Blue Star Museums offers free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 27, through Labor Day, September 2, 2013.

Wichita has several participating museums, but this can also be a great way to enjoy museums when you go on vacation. For a complete list of participating museums, go to www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums and click on the map.

Blue Star Museums in Wichita:

• Botanica
• Old Cowtown Museum
• Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University
• Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Hutchinson:

• Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
• Kansas Underground Salt Museum
• Reno County Museum

Newton:

• Harvey County Historical Museum & Archives

Emporia:

• Lyon County Historical Society Museum
• Richard Howe House Welsh Farmstead

Topeka:

• Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee Co. Public Library
• Museum of the Kansas National Guard, Home of the Museum of the 35th Division

Elsewhere around the state:

• Ashland – Pioneer-Krier Musuem
• Dodge City – Boot Hill Museum, Inc.
• Franklin - Miners Hall Museum
• Great Bend - Barton County Historical Society
• Independence - Independence Historical Museum & Art Center
• Iola - Allen County Historical Society
• Lansing - Lansing Historical Museum
• Leavenworth - The Carroll Mansion Museum Home of The Leavenworth County Historical Society
• Lenexa – Legler Barn Museum / Lenexa Historical Society
• Lyons – Coronado Quivira Museum
• Manhattan – Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State Univ.
• Newton – Harvey County Historical Museum & Archives
• Olathe – Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Historic Site
• Ottawa – Old Depot Museum
• Overland Park – Overland Park Historical Society
• Salina – Smoky Hill Museum
• Shawnee – Wonderscope Children’s Museum of Kansas City
• Syracuse – Hamilton County Historical Society/Hamilton Co. Museum
• Westmoreland – Rock Creek Valley Historical Society Museum